Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to no feeder sale

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.30/cwt on 987 head.

Average price

$142.30

987 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$104

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$0.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.23

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	579	142.90	827	68
Medium and Large 1	654	142.26	931	919

One grade step is worth $0.65/cwt here — about −$104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale987 hd

142.30

—

NE average6 barns · 5,929 hd

142.53

−0.23

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

27 lots · USDA AMS · Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,023	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,243	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	148.56/cwt	140.00–154.25	1,089	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,005	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	153.64/cwt	152.00–155.50	949	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	145.14/cwt	140.00–153.00	781	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	136.79/cwt	136.00–139.50	871	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	204.16/cwt	203.00–205.00	727	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	184.06/cwt	180.00–190.00	896	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	127.28/cwt	125.50–128.50	1,112	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,136	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	131.12/cwt	125.00–135.50	1,019	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	151.74/cwt	145.00–155.50	874	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	154.56/cwt	150.00–158.00	767	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	125.97/cwt	120.00–131.00	918	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	136.83/cwt	136.25–138.50	928	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	146.49/cwt	145.00–149.00	905	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	145.15/cwt	141.50–146.00	1,102	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	169.14/cwt	164.50–171.00	976	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	153.85/cwt	149.00–156.75	1,043	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	162.48/cwt	160.50–168.00	1,032	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,096	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,042	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	163.66/cwt	160.00–167.00	717	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	161.20/cwt	158.50–168.50	848	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	119.90/cwt	119.50–121.00	1,035	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	163.92/cwt	160.00–169.00	785	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	172.18/cwt	171.50–173.00	906	32

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Thu Mar 5, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 2,270Last week 5,805Year ago 0

No comparison due to no feeder sale

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,023	121.50	121.50
247	—	733	140.00–154.25	148.56
12	—	356	203.00–205.00	204.16
26	—	487	180.00–190.00	184.06
30	—	874	125.50–128.50	127.28
66	—	814	139.50	139.50
48	—	759	141.50–146.00	145.15
56	—	577	164.50–171.00	169.14
102	—	678	149.00–156.75	153.85
201	—	635	160.50–168.00	162.48
32	—	526	171.50–173.00	172.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	691	145.50	145.50
32	—	618	152.00–155.50	153.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	538	140.00–153.00	145.14
34	—	637	136.00–139.50	136.79
14	—	496	150.00–158.00	154.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	777	125.00–135.50	131.12
215	—	576	145.00–155.50	151.74
87	—	729	120.00–131.00	125.97
112	—	678	136.25–138.50	136.83
120	—	618	145.00–149.00	146.49
19	—	913	120.00	120.00
30	—	830	125.50	125.50
41	—	438	160.00–167.00	163.66
50	—	526	158.50–168.50	161.20
56	—	863	119.50–121.00	119.90
59	—	479	160.00–169.00	163.92

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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